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Magnus Carlsen is playing from an undisclosed tropical location this week as the 30-year-old world champion is vying for another online success at the Airthings Masters and his first prize of $ 60,000. The tournament, sponsored by a company that sells and monitors indoor air quality, has the majority of the world’s elite as participants, albeit with the notable exceptions of No.2, Fabiano Caruana from the USA, and No3, the Ding Liren from China.
Carlsen was hands down the best human gamer of 2020, even though his fame was totally overshadowed by the fictional Beth Harmon of The Queen’s Gambit. However, the crowd favorite among the tens of thousands of viewers now watching events online and his free commentary on the great masters was Daniil Dubov. The 24-year-old Muscovite excels at creative play, and his imaginative sacrifice attack against Sergey Karjakin at the Russian Championship has been widely hailed as Game of the Year.
Carlsen v Dubov is the highlight of the Airthings quarter-final on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The online British Championship wraps up this weekend, and England’s number one Michael Adams looks poised for victory after defeating tournament surprise 22-year-old Simon Finn.
Puzzle 2400
The rook and two pawns each is normally a draw, but not here. Can you find White’s only winning move?
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